A Colombian international since 2017, Izquierdo has been capped six times with one international goal. In 2018, he has represented his national side at FIFA World Cup in Russia.
A native of Pereira, Colombia, Jose Izquierdo was born on 7th July 1992. His star sign is Cancer. By nationality, he is Colombian and belongs to Afro-Colombian.
At a tender age, Izquierdo commenced footballing starting out as a goalkeeper before moving outfield into a winger or midfielder position. But his parents want him to become a tennis player however his teacher promptly advised him to switch to his natural sport after Izquierdo constantly preferred to kick tennis balls with his feet rather than use rackets.
At his 14, Izquierdo lost his brother, Diego Julian in a road accident. Following the incident, he abandoned football for many years.
The Albion football star, Izquierdo gets paid €2.3 million per annum as his salary. As of May 2018, his market value is recorded at €14 million.
Also, Izquierdo has an endorsement deal with Nike, through which he earns good sum.
His current net worth is estimated net worth €3 million.
In 2010, Izquierdo joined Deportivo Pereira. He remained three seasons with the club and played 69 games with 14 goals. Further, he played 2013-14 season for Once Caldas.
On 30th August 2014, Jose peened a contract with Club Brugge for a reported transfer fee of €3.8 million. In his debut season with Club Brugge, he scored 13 Belgian Pro League goals and made six UEFA Europa League appearances.
With the club, Izquierdo won 2014-15 Belgian Cup, 2015-16 Belgian First Division as well as the 2016 Belgian Super Cup. Individually, he was awarded the 2016 Belgian Golden Shoe.
On 20th August 2017, Izquierdo signed a four-year contract with newly-promoted Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion for a reported transfer fee around £13.5 million. Upon his arrival, he was assigned number 19 jersey.
On 26 August 2017, Izquierdo made his Premier League debut in a goalless draw against Watford, coming on as a second-half substitute. His first goal for the Brighton came on 20 October 2017, in a 3–0 victory over West Ham United.
In June 2017, Izquierdo earned his first call-up to the Colombia national team for friendly matches against Spain and Cameroon. On 13th June 2017, he scored his first international goal in a 4–0 triumph over Cameroon.
In June 2018, he was named in Colombia’s final 25-man squad for the 2018 World Cup along with his teammates Johan Mojica, Carlos Sanchez, and David Ospina.
When it comes to his love life, Izquierdo is quite a confidential person. He has shared less to no information about his past and present relationship, not even his relationship status. Though the footballer actively surfs social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, he has not uploaded a single picture of a lady who is assumed to be his potential girlfriend.
With limited information concerning to his personal life, he is assumed to be single and unmarried. Talking about physique, he stands five seven inches tall and weighs 73 Kg.
